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- Mar 12, 2002
Hello everybody!!! well it has been a while since I've done a case mod or done a write up here at OCF, and I must say its been FAR FAR to long. On the plus side over the last 5 years my skills have improved, and I've learned a lot of new techniques. I cant wait to get started on this thing.
Ok so lets go over the project briefing.
Goal build two cases for myself and my wife with a possible third for a friend/relative/lucky person.
Objectives, the case will be completely hand crafted with few exceptions(motherboard rear io tray). Water cooling of all primary heat sources. Use the fewest number of fans while maintaining a good cooling profile.
explanation of title, ok so these cases are taking some inspiration from the "borg cube". No this case is not intended to look anything like the ones seen on tv and movies. The case will be somewhat cubic due to the nature of the size of all the water cooling gear.
Lets talk detials now then.
Alright then, this is the general basis of what were going to be using parts wise. The exact ones may change as we come to the time to purchase but this should demonstrate our intent.
So I have made a few tweaks to the WC plan since starting on this project and Ive got a rough estimate of the parts we will be buying prefabricated.
*note This is the cooling hardware for the first 2 cases
Ok so on to cooling as this is one of the primary issues with this build. I plan to use the Mo-Ra3 360, cooled by 4 silverstone AP181(180mm 130 CFM).
The reservoir is going to be an 8" octagon cut from 1/4" sheets of transparent green acrylic. Each has 2 1" watergaps. The lower will be covered over with a slotted plate for the pump to sit on, the upper will be sealed with a 1" hose barb in the center to create a hydraulic bank. There will be barbs threaded into the sides of this area to provide flow for each of the different loops.
We will be using a 120v 740gph pump with a head of 11' to power this whole system.
Flow balancing will be evaluated after all of the loops are built, and an out of system run with all the return hoses into gallon jugs to compare resistance. If needed I will design a bank of valves to regulate each loops back pressure.
Heres a few concept renders.
Ok well the 3d models are done and payday is Friday.
so here we have a cube case with 450mm^3 interior space. The resivior measures 10" high 8"diameter octagon. There are 3 distinct parallel loops in this system. the first goes from the res to the rad and back again for minimal resistance. The second drawn as blue is connected 2 GPU blocks in series with a CPU block on the end. The third loop is all of the mobo components in series for maximum resistance.
Well I hope you enjoy the show its going to take a good part of this year to build these(which is a good thing it will give me time to evaluate BD against SB).
*** Note all 3d drawings are to proper scale and will be printed to be used as patterns for some cuts and recesses.
Ok so lets go over the project briefing.
Goal build two cases for myself and my wife with a possible third for a friend/relative/lucky person.
Objectives, the case will be completely hand crafted with few exceptions(motherboard rear io tray). Water cooling of all primary heat sources. Use the fewest number of fans while maintaining a good cooling profile.
explanation of title, ok so these cases are taking some inspiration from the "borg cube". No this case is not intended to look anything like the ones seen on tv and movies. The case will be somewhat cubic due to the nature of the size of all the water cooling gear.
Lets talk detials now then.
Alright then, this is the general basis of what were going to be using parts wise. The exact ones may change as we come to the time to purchase but this should demonstrate our intent.
So I have made a few tweaks to the WC plan since starting on this project and Ive got a rough estimate of the parts we will be buying prefabricated.
*note This is the cooling hardware for the first 2 cases
Ok so on to cooling as this is one of the primary issues with this build. I plan to use the Mo-Ra3 360, cooled by 4 silverstone AP181(180mm 130 CFM).
The reservoir is going to be an 8" octagon cut from 1/4" sheets of transparent green acrylic. Each has 2 1" watergaps. The lower will be covered over with a slotted plate for the pump to sit on, the upper will be sealed with a 1" hose barb in the center to create a hydraulic bank. There will be barbs threaded into the sides of this area to provide flow for each of the different loops.
We will be using a 120v 740gph pump with a head of 11' to power this whole system.
Flow balancing will be evaluated after all of the loops are built, and an out of system run with all the return hoses into gallon jugs to compare resistance. If needed I will design a bank of valves to regulate each loops back pressure.
Heres a few concept renders.
Ok well the 3d models are done and payday is Friday.
so here we have a cube case with 450mm^3 interior space. The resivior measures 10" high 8"diameter octagon. There are 3 distinct parallel loops in this system. the first goes from the res to the rad and back again for minimal resistance. The second drawn as blue is connected 2 GPU blocks in series with a CPU block on the end. The third loop is all of the mobo components in series for maximum resistance.
Well I hope you enjoy the show its going to take a good part of this year to build these(which is a good thing it will give me time to evaluate BD against SB).
*** Note all 3d drawings are to proper scale and will be printed to be used as patterns for some cuts and recesses.
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